A number of vendor tables have been booked, and we have just 12 8-foot tables available left in the Long Haul for two days, and only 3 more prime locations in the museum for one-day tables. If you are interested in being a vendor, please get your check into the museum who is keeping the official tally of reservations of tables, and when they are gone, that will be all we can take. Go to http://www.americaonwheels.org/events/VENDORREGISTRATIONFLYER.pdf for the registration form, or just go to americaonwheels.org, and click the Slot Car Weekend button and then the link Vendor Registration Form - Vendors Needed.

Saturday will have an ECHORR race in the Theatre as well as a Carrera 1/32 demonstration track in the Long Haul. Sunday will have some open track time on the ECHORR track for either IROC races or just some lap time to try and get some new people involved in our hobby. The normal museum admission of $7 covers everything for the day, and includes our normal displays of various modes of on the road transportation, as well as the 100 years of Chevrolet display that will officially open this weekend. I will have more footage of the museum and the slot car events on-line in a few days...

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.7.1983
The Corvette plant builds a new 1984 model Corvette, with build order "DE 9163 ZORA 1". The car is identified on the build sheet as model ZORA 1, not as a Corvette. The car is a standard 1984 model Corvette, other than the non-standard exterior color, code 33 Spectra Red. The ZORA 1 is currently on display at Allentown PA's America on Wheels Museum as part of the 100 years of Chevrolet display.

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A number of vendor tables have been booked, and we have just 12 8-foot tables available left in the Long Haul for two days, and only 3 more prime locations in the museum for one-day tables. If you are interested in being a vendor, please get your check into the museum who is keeping the official tally of reservations of tables, and when they are gone, that will be all we can take. Go to http://www.americaonwheels.org/events/VENDORREGISTRATIONFLYER.pdf for the registration form, or just go to americaonwheels.org, and click the Slot Car Weekend button and then the link Vendor Registration Form - Vendors Needed.

Saturday will have an ECHORR race in the Theatre as well as a Carrera 1/32 demonstration track in the Long Haul. Sunday will have some open track time on the ECHORR track for either IROC races or just some lap time to try and get some new people involved in our hobby. The normal museum admission of $7 covers everything for the day, and includes our normal displays of various modes of on the road transportation, as well as the 100 years of Chevrolet display that will officially open this weekend. I will have more footage of the museum and the slot car events on-line in a few days...

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.7.1983
The Corvette plant builds a new 1984 model Corvette, with build order "DE 9163 ZORA 1". The car is identified on the build sheet as model ZORA 1, not as a Corvette. The car is a standard 1984 model Corvette, other than the non-standard exterior color, code 33 Spectra Red. The ZORA 1 is currently on display at Allentown PA's America on Wheels Museum as part of the 100 years of Chevrolet display.

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Here is the footage I promised that hopefully lets you know what you can expect if you attend the slot car weekend at America On Wheels as a spectator, vendor, buyer, or racer...
http://youtu.be/B4aaz1hH3bM

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.9.1916
Robert Strange McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, on this date in 1916. McNamara received a degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and then later an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the age of 24 McNamara returned to Harvard to become an accounting instructor at Harvard Business School. With the outbreak of World War II, he attempted to enlist in the Army but was rejected because of his poor eyesight. The fortuitous rejection prompted him to volunteer as an instructor for a Harvard program designed to teach Army Air Corps officers the principles of systematic management, especially in regard to the allocation of personnel, materiel, and money. McNamara's excellence in this field eventually earned him a commission as a Captain in the Army Air Corps. He was one of the first members of a special unit called the Office of Statistical Control, led by Colonel Charles Thornton. The OSC was charged with assembling and analyzing data to pro
vide logistical support for American bombers. After the war, Thornton marketed his team's management skills to private companies. Enter Ford Motor Corporation. Reigning atop a messy, outdated family company registering heavy losses, Henry Ford II was smart enough to recognize that the system he had inherited form his grandfather was in need of an overhaul. He hired Thornton's group, en masse, to begin work in February 1946. The members of the group ranged in age from twenty-six to thirty-four, signaling a major change in Ford's until-then stodgy hierarchy. The group was labeled the "Whiz Kids." They instituted a modern economic approach to Ford's business administration, implementing organizational changes to make the planning and production processes more systematic. Six of the Whiz Kids eventually became vice-presidents and two, Arjay Miller and McNamara, rose to the position of company president. Thornton left Ford soon after he started, and McNamara became the de facto l
eader of the Whiz Kids. He instituted the systematic sampling of public opinion, "market research"; he hired Lee Iaccoca; and he conceived the Ford Falcon, Ford's most successful car until the release of the Mustang in 1964. A registered Republican, McNamara was offered a cabinet position by John F. Kennedy after the 1960 presidential election. Given the choice of becoming secretary of defense or secretary of the treasury, McNamara chose the Defense Department. McNamara remained secretary of defense until 1968, when his changing attitude toward the war in Vietnam led him to resign.


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A number of vendor tables have been booked, and we have just 12 8-foot tables available left in the Long Haul for two days, and only 3 more prime locations in the museum for one-day tables. If you are interested in being a vendor, please get your check into the museum who is keeping the official tally of reservations of tables, and when they are gone, that will be all we can take. Go to http://www.americaonwheels.org/events/VENDORREGISTRATIONFLYER.pdf for the registration form, or just go to americaonwheels.org, and click the Slot Car Weekend button and then the link Vendor Registration Form - Vendors Needed.

Saturday will have an ECHORR race in the Theatre as well as a Carrera 1/32 demonstration track in the Long Haul. Sunday will have some open track time on the ECHORR track for either IROC races or just some lap time to try and get some new people involved in our hobby. The normal museum admission of $7 covers everything for the day, and includes our normal displays of various modes of on the road transportation, as well as the 100 years of Chevrolet display that will officially open this weekend. I will have more footage of the museum and the slot car events on-line in a few days...

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.7.1983
The Corvette plant builds a new 1984 model Corvette, with build order "DE 9163 ZORA 1". The car is identified on the build sheet as model ZORA 1, not as a Corvette. The car is a standard 1984 model Corvette, other than the non-standard exterior color, code 33 Spectra Red. The ZORA 1 is currently on display at Allentown PA's America on Wheels Museum as part of the 100 years of Chevrolet display.

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Here is the footage I promised that hopefully lets you know what you can expect if you attend the slot car weekend at America On Wheels as a spectator, vendor, buyer, or racer...
http://youtu.be/B4aaz1hH3bM

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.9.1916
Robert Strange McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, on this date in 1916. McNamara received a degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and then later an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the age of 24 McNamara returned to Harvard to become an accounting instructor at Harvard Business School. With the outbreak of World War II, he attempted to enlist in the Army but was rejected because of his poor eyesight. The fortuitous rejection prompted him to volunteer as an instructor for a Harvard program designed to teach Army Air Corps officers the principles of systematic management, especially in regard to the allocation of personnel, materiel, and money. McNamara's excellence in this field eventually earned him a commission as a Captain in the Army Air Corps. He was one of the first members of a special unit called the Office of Statistical Control, led by Colonel Charles Thornton. The OSC was charged with assembling and analyzing data to pro
vide logistical support for American bombers. After the war, Thornton marketed his team's management skills to private companies. Enter Ford Motor Corporation. Reigning atop a messy, outdated family company registering heavy losses, Henry Ford II was smart enough to recognize that the system he had inherited form his grandfather was in need of an overhaul. He hired Thornton's group, en masse, to begin work in February 1946. The members of the group ranged in age from twenty-six to thirty-four, signaling a major change in Ford's until-then stodgy hierarchy. The group was labeled the "Whiz Kids." They instituted a modern economic approach to Ford's business administration, implementing organizational changes to make the planning and production processes more systematic. Six of the Whiz Kids eventually became vice-presidents and two, Arjay Miller and McNamara, rose to the position of company president. Thornton left Ford soon after he started, and McNamara became the de facto l
eader of the Whiz Kids. He instituted the systematic sampling of public opinion, "market research"; he hired Lee Iaccoca; and he conceived the Ford Falcon, Ford's most successful car until the release of the Mustang in 1964. A registered Republican, McNamara was offered a cabinet position by John F. Kennedy after the 1960 presidential election. Given the choice of becoming secretary of defense or secretary of the treasury, McNamara chose the Defense Department. McNamara remained secretary of defense until 1968, when his changing attitude toward the war in Vietnam led him to resign.


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I should also mention that this is in HD, so change your settings to 720p, full screen, and enjoy the music of Blues Traveler and the 100 Years of Chevrolet show which opens next week officially...
http://youtu.be/B4aaz1hH3bM

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.9.1916
Robert Strange McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, on this date in 1916. McNamara received a degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and then later an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the age of 24 McNamara returned to Harvard to become an accounting instructor at Harvard Business School. With the outbreak of World War II, he attempted to enlist in the Army but was rejected because of his poor eyesight. The fortuitous rejection prompted him to volunteer as an instructor for a Harvard program designed to teach Army Air Corps officers the principles of systematic management, especially in regard to the allocation of personnel, materiel, and money. McNamara's excellence in this field eventually earned him a commission as a Captain in the Army Air Corps. He was one of the first members of a special unit called the Office of Statistical Control, led by Colonel Charles Thornton. The OSC was charged with assembling and analyzing data to pro
vide logistical support for American bombers. After the war, Thornton marketed his team's management skills to private companies. Enter Ford Motor Corporation. Reigning atop a messy, outdated family company registering heavy losses, Henry Ford II was smart enough to recognize that the system he had inherited form his grandfather was in need of an overhaul. He hired Thornton's group, en masse, to begin work in February 1946. The members of the group ranged in age from twenty-six to thirty-four, signaling a major change in Ford's until-then stodgy hierarchy. The group was labeled the "Whiz Kids." They instituted a modern economic approach to Ford's business administration, implementing organizational changes to make the planning and production processes more systematic. Six of the Whiz Kids eventually became vice-presidents and two, Arjay Miller and McNamara, rose to the position of company president. Thornton left Ford soon after he started, and McNamara became the de facto l
eader of the Whiz Kids. He instituted the systematic sampling of public opinion, "market research"; he hired Lee Iaccoca; and he conceived the Ford Falcon, Ford's most successful car until the release of the Mustang in 1964. A registered Republican, McNamara was offered a cabinet position by John F. Kennedy after the 1960 presidential election. Given the choice of becoming secretary of defense or secretary of the treasury, McNamara chose the Defense Department. McNamara remained secretary of defense until 1968, when his changing attitude toward the war in Vietnam led him to resign.

On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Dave Reese wrote:

> Here is the footage I promised that hopefully lets you know what you can expect if you attend the slot car weekend at America On Wheels as a spectator, vendor, buyer, or racer...
> http://youtu.be/B4aaz1hH3bM
>
> Dave Reese
> Allentown PA
>
> www.reesed.com - My home page
> www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
> www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
> www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum
>
> This Day in Auto History
> 6.9.1916
> Robert Strange McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, on this date in 1916. McNamara received a degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and then later an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the age of 24 McNamara returned to Harvard to become an accounting instructor at Harvard Business School. With the outbreak of World War II, he attempted to enlist in the Army but was rejected because of his poor eyesight. The fortuitous rejection prompted him to volunteer as an instructor for a Harvard program designed to teach Army Air Corps officers the principles of systematic management, especially in regard to the allocation of personnel, materiel, and money. McNamara's excellence in this field eventually earned him a commission as a Captain in the Army Air Corps. He was one of the first members of a special unit called the Office of Statistical Control, led by Colonel Charles Thornton. The OSC was charged with assembling and analyzing data to p
rovide logistical support for American bombers. After the war, Thornton marketed his team's management skills to private companies. Enter Ford Motor Corporation. Reigning atop a messy, outdated family company registering heavy losses, Henry Ford II was smart enough to recognize that the system he had inherited form his grandfather was in need of an overhaul. He hired Thornton's group, en masse, to begin work in February 1946. The members of the group ranged in age from twenty-six to thirty-four, signaling a major change in Ford's until-then stodgy hierarchy. The group was labeled the "Whiz Kids." They instituted a modern economic approach to Ford's business administration, implementing organizational changes to make the planning and production processes more systematic. Six of the Whiz Kids eventually became vice-presidents and two, Arjay Miller and McNamara, rose to the position of company president. Thornton left Ford soon after he started, and McNamara became the de facto
leader of the Whiz Kids. He instituted the systematic sampling of public opinion, "market research"; he hired Lee Iaccoca; and he conceived the Ford Falcon, Ford's most successful car until the release of the Mustang in 1964. A registered Republican, McNamara was offered a cabinet position by John F. Kennedy after the 1960 presidential election. Given the choice of becoming secretary of defense or secretary of the treasury, McNamara chose the Defense Department. McNamara remained secretary of defense until 1968, when his changing attitude toward the war in Vietnam led him to resign.
>
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A number of vendor tables have been booked, and we have just 12 8-foot tables available left in the Long Haul for two days, and only 3 more prime locations in the museum for one-day tables. If you are interested in being a vendor, please get your check into the museum who is keeping the official tally of reservations of tables, and when they are gone, that will be all we can take. Go to http://www.americaonwheels.org/events/VENDORREGISTRATIONFLYER.pdf for the registration form, or just go to americaonwheels.org, and click the Slot Car Weekend button and then the link Vendor Registration Form - Vendors Needed.

Saturday will have an ECHORR race in the Theatre as well as a Carrera 1/32 demonstration track in the Long Haul. Sunday will have some open track time on the ECHORR track for either IROC races or just some lap time to try and get some new people involved in our hobby. The normal museum admission of $7 covers everything for the day, and includes our normal displays of various modes of on the road transportation, as well as the 100 years of Chevrolet display that will officially open this weekend. I will have more footage of the museum and the slot car events on-line in a few days...

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.7.1983
The Corvette plant builds a new 1984 model Corvette, with build order "DE 9163 ZORA 1". The car is identified on the build sheet as model ZORA 1, not as a Corvette. The car is a standard 1984 model Corvette, other than the non-standard exterior color, code 33 Spectra Red. The ZORA 1 is currently on display at Allentown PA's America on Wheels Museum as part of the 100 years of Chevrolet display.

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Here is the footage I promised that hopefully lets you know what you can expect if you attend the slot car weekend at America On Wheels as a spectator, vendor, buyer, or racer...
http://youtu.be/B4aaz1hH3bM

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.9.1916
Robert Strange McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, on this date in 1916. McNamara received a degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and then later an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the age of 24 McNamara returned to Harvard to become an accounting instructor at Harvard Business School. With the outbreak of World War II, he attempted to enlist in the Army but was rejected because of his poor eyesight. The fortuitous rejection prompted him to volunteer as an instructor for a Harvard program designed to teach Army Air Corps officers the principles of systematic management, especially in regard to the allocation of personnel, materiel, and money. McNamara's excellence in this field eventually earned him a commission as a Captain in the Army Air Corps. He was one of the first members of a special unit called the Office of Statistical Control, led by Colonel Charles Thornton. The OSC was charged with assembling and analyzing data to pro
vide logistical support for American bombers. After the war, Thornton marketed his team's management skills to private companies. Enter Ford Motor Corporation. Reigning atop a messy, outdated family company registering heavy losses, Henry Ford II was smart enough to recognize that the system he had inherited form his grandfather was in need of an overhaul. He hired Thornton's group, en masse, to begin work in February 1946. The members of the group ranged in age from twenty-six to thirty-four, signaling a major change in Ford's until-then stodgy hierarchy. The group was labeled the "Whiz Kids." They instituted a modern economic approach to Ford's business administration, implementing organizational changes to make the planning and production processes more systematic. Six of the Whiz Kids eventually became vice-presidents and two, Arjay Miller and McNamara, rose to the position of company president. Thornton left Ford soon after he started, and McNamara became the de facto l
eader of the Whiz Kids. He instituted the systematic sampling of public opinion, "market research"; he hired Lee Iaccoca; and he conceived the Ford Falcon, Ford's most successful car until the release of the Mustang in 1964. A registered Republican, McNamara was offered a cabinet position by John F. Kennedy after the 1960 presidential election. Given the choice of becoming secretary of defense or secretary of the treasury, McNamara chose the Defense Department. McNamara remained secretary of defense until 1968, when his changing attitude toward the war in Vietnam led him to resign.


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http://youtu.be/B4aaz1hH3bM

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum

This Day in Auto History
6.9.1916
Robert Strange McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, on this date in 1916. McNamara received a degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and then later an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the age of 24 McNamara returned to Harvard to become an accounting instructor at Harvard Business School. With the outbreak of World War II, he attempted to enlist in the Army but was rejected because of his poor eyesight. The fortuitous rejection prompted him to volunteer as an instructor for a Harvard program designed to teach Army Air Corps officers the principles of systematic management, especially in regard to the allocation of personnel, materiel, and money. McNamara's excellence in this field eventually earned him a commission as a Captain in the Army Air Corps. He was one of the first members of a special unit called the Office of Statistical Control, led by Colonel Charles Thornton. The OSC was charged with assembling and analyzing data to pro
vide logistical support for American bombers. After the war, Thornton marketed his team's management skills to private companies. Enter Ford Motor Corporation. Reigning atop a messy, outdated family company registering heavy losses, Henry Ford II was smart enough to recognize that the system he had inherited form his grandfather was in need of an overhaul. He hired Thornton's group, en masse, to begin work in February 1946. The members of the group ranged in age from twenty-six to thirty-four, signaling a major change in Ford's until-then stodgy hierarchy. The group was labeled the "Whiz Kids." They instituted a modern economic approach to Ford's business administration, implementing organizational changes to make the planning and production processes more systematic. Six of the Whiz Kids eventually became vice-presidents and two, Arjay Miller and McNamara, rose to the position of company president. Thornton left Ford soon after he started, and McNamara became the de facto l
eader of the Whiz Kids. He instituted the systematic sampling of public opinion, "market research"; he hired Lee Iaccoca; and he conceived the Ford Falcon, Ford's most successful car until the release of the Mustang in 1964. A registered Republican, McNamara was offered a cabinet position by John F. Kennedy after the 1960 presidential election. Given the choice of becoming secretary of defense or secretary of the treasury, McNamara chose the Defense Department. McNamara remained secretary of defense until 1968, when his changing attitude toward the war in Vietnam led him to resign.

On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Dave Reese wrote:

> Here is the footage I promised that hopefully lets you know what you can expect if you attend the slot car weekend at America On Wheels as a spectator, vendor, buyer, or racer...
> http://youtu.be/B4aaz1hH3bM
>
> Dave Reese
> Allentown PA
>
> www.reesed.com - My home page
> www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
> www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
> www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum
>
> This Day in Auto History
> 6.9.1916
> Robert Strange McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, on this date in 1916. McNamara received a degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and then later an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the age of 24 McNamara returned to Harvard to become an accounting instructor at Harvard Business School. With the outbreak of World War II, he attempted to enlist in the Army but was rejected because of his poor eyesight. The fortuitous rejection prompted him to volunteer as an instructor for a Harvard program designed to teach Army Air Corps officers the principles of systematic management, especially in regard to the allocation of personnel, materiel, and money. McNamara's excellence in this field eventually earned him a commission as a Captain in the Army Air Corps. He was one of the first members of a special unit called the Office of Statistical Control, led by Colonel Charles Thornton. The OSC was charged with assembling and analyzing data to p
rovide logistical support for American bombers. After the war, Thornton marketed his team's management skills to private companies. Enter Ford Motor Corporation. Reigning atop a messy, outdated family company registering heavy losses, Henry Ford II was smart enough to recognize that the system he had inherited form his grandfather was in need of an overhaul. He hired Thornton's group, en masse, to begin work in February 1946. The members of the group ranged in age from twenty-six to thirty-four, signaling a major change in Ford's until-then stodgy hierarchy. The group was labeled the "Whiz Kids." They instituted a modern economic approach to Ford's business administration, implementing organizational changes to make the planning and production processes more systematic. Six of the Whiz Kids eventually became vice-presidents and two, Arjay Miller and McNamara, rose to the position of company president. Thornton left Ford soon after he started, and McNamara became the de facto
leader of the Whiz Kids. He instituted the systematic sampling of public opinion, "market research"; he hired Lee Iaccoca; and he conceived the Ford Falcon, Ford's most successful car until the release of the Mustang in 1964. A registered Republican, McNamara was offered a cabinet position by John F. Kennedy after the 1960 presidential election. Given the choice of becoming secretary of defense or secretary of the treasury, McNamara chose the Defense Department. McNamara remained secretary of defense until 1968, when his changing attitude toward the war in Vietnam led him to resign.
>
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Here is the footage I promised that hopefully lets you know what you can expect if you attend the slot car weekend at America On Wheels as a spectator, vendor, buyer, or racer...
http://youtu.be/B4aaz1hH3bM

Dave Reese
Allentown PA

www.reesed.com - My home page
www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968
www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley
www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum
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